Linguistic epidemiology : semantics and grammar of language contact in mainland Southeast Asia /

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The book makes a significant contribution to empirical work on semantic and grammatical change in a linguistic area, as well as representing theoretical advances in cognitive semantics.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Enfield, N. J., 1966-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2003.
Colección:RoutledgeCurzon Asian linguistics series.
Temas:
Languages in contact > Southeast Asia.
Grammar, Comparative and general.
Semantics, Comparative.
Pragmatics.
Langues en contact > Asie du Sud-Est.
Grammaire comparée et générale.
Sémantique comparée.
Pragmatique.
pragmatics.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Sociolinguistics.
Grammar, Comparative and general
Language and languages
Languages in contact
Pragmatics
Semantics, Comparative
Sprachwandel
Semantik
Pragmatik
Taalcontact.
Southeast Asia > Languages.
Asie du Sud-Est > Langues.
Southeast Asia
Südostasien
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Linguistic epidemiology; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Language and language family abbreviations; Abbreviations; Note to the reader; PART ONE: Preliminaries; CHAPTER ONE Introduction; 1 Linguistic epidemiology: a non-metaphorical view of language; 2 Description of polyfunctionality: semantics and pragmatics; 3 Grammaticalisation; 4 Three conceptual preliminaries; 5 Two methodological issues; 6 Summary and comment; Outline of the book; CHAPTER TWO Background-mainland Southeast Asia; 1 The setting; 2 Language(s); PART TWO: Lao.
  • CHAPTER THREE Polyfunctionality of daj41 What does daj4 mean?; 2 Main verb functions; 3 Postverbal functions: modal 'can' and resultative 'succeed'; 4 Descriptive complementation; 5 Preverbal aspect-modality marking; 6 Polyfunctionality of daj4: summary discussion; PART THREE: Other sample languages; CHAPTER FOUR Main verb functions; 1 Main verb 'come to have'; 2 Further meanings and interpretations; 3 Summary discussion; CHAPTER FIVE Postverbal functions; 1 Postverbal modal 'can'; 2 ACQUIRE as a V2 resultative verb; 3 Possible historical paths; 4 Summary and discussion.
  • CHAPTER SIX Descriptive complementation1 Quantifying complementation; 2 COMPLEMENT as a predicate; 3 Summary; CHAPTER SEVEN Preverbal functions; 1 Aspect function of preverbal ACQUIRE-'result of prior event'; 2 'Must'; 3 'Past tense' and associated aspectual properties; 4 Polite/formal usage; 5 Summary discussion; CHAPTER EIGHT Diversity of Form; 1 Tai *?dai and descendants; 2 Sinitic *tak and descendants; 3 Hmong tau, Mien tu?; 4 Eastern Mon-Khmer; 5 Kmhmu Cwang bwan; 6 Summary; PART FOUR: Conclusion; CHAPTER NINE Conclusion; 1 The historical dimension; 2 Conclusion; References.
  • Index of namesIndex of languages and language families; Index of topics; Index of linguistic items.

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